The finalists for the 2017 bpNichol Chapbook Award are: DANA CLAXTON The Patient Storm above/ground press DORIS FISZER The Binders Tree Press STEVIE HOWELL Summer Desert Pets Press SONNET L’ABBE Anima Canadensis Junction Books NANCI LEE Preparation FreeFall Literary Society of Calgary RENEE SAROJINI SAKLIKAR After the Battle of Kingsway, the bees above/ground press Congrats to the poets & publishers. All six chapbooks are currently on display […]
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…a couch of friends’ faces smeared in a gleaming silver crown. CEDAR SIGO Royals (Wave Poetry, 2017) Find it here. knife | fork | book
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rasiqra Revulva (@rasiqra_revulva) Us, too! Thanks, Rasiqra. *kisses* knife | fork | book JONATHAN GARFINKEL BOCIANY (STORKS) First Printing SOLD OUT. Available soon as an e-book at k | f | b shop. JEFF KIRBY SHE’S HAVING A DORIS DAY has legs. Find her, along with our […]
First SLO-PO with DAVID BRADFORD (CALL OUT kfb, 2017) in our intimate, beautiful new reading room/salon space at The Dark Side Studio (created by artist/dancer AUDRA SIMMONS), reading CANISIA LUBRIN’s remarkable debut, VOODOO HYPOTHESIS (Wolsak & Wynn, 2017) with the poet among poets in house. A gift of an evening. KFB UPCOMING: OCT 20 NIGHTWOOD EDITIONS SHOWCASE SPENCER GORDON | OWAIN NICHOLSON | DAVID […]
k | f | b recommends ANDRE BAGOO PITCH LAKE Peepal Tree Press, 2017. ANDRE BAGOO is a Trinidadian poet and writer. He is the author of Trick Vessels (Shearsman Books, 2012) and BURN (Shearsman Books, 2015) which was longlisted for the 2016 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. His poetry has appeared at journals such as Almost Island, Boston Review, Caribbean […]
CA CONRAD While Standing in Line for Death (Wave, 2017) SAM SAX Madness (Penguin, 2017) DANEZ SMITH Don’t Call Us Dead (Graywolf, 2017) KAVEH AKBAR Calling a Wolf a Wolf Alice James, 2017) JERAMY DODDS Drakkar Noir (Coach House, 2017) SINA QUEYRAS My Ariel (Coach House, 2017) KATHRYN MOCKLER Some Theories, (ST Press, 2017) ELIANNA […]
First anniversary. First launch. First reading in our spacious, intimate new digs. Three new k | f | b chapbooks, ELIANNA LEV (Sex Made Me) DAVID BRADFORD (Call Out) DALE SMITH (Sons). Last night. knife | fork | book Special thanks to book designer, NORMAN NEMETALLAH, printer JOHN DE JESUS at Coach House, editor DAVID […]
Okay, so it just now hit me. knife | fork | book is one year old. Today. Come. Celebrate with us this weekend. Yours, I remain. Kirby Artwork: ELISABETH BELLIVEAU
We took a trip to poetry heaven @knifeforkbook, & talked w/ owner @itsakirby abt its (& his!) unstoppable momentum.https://t.co/MdWIJf6J1p pic.twitter.com/ekvppGPRS7 — All Lit Up (@alllitupcanada) October 4, 2017 Thank you Lauren Perruzza, and the terrific crew at All Lit Up.
k | f | b 2017 FALL CHAPBOOK LAUNCH DAVID BRADFORD CALL OUT ELIANNA LEV SEX MADE ME DALE SMITH SONS FRIDAY OCTOBER 6TH knife | fork | book at The Dark Side Studio, 244 Augusta Avenue, Second Floor (walk-up above Bunner’s Bakery) Doors 6:30 Poetry 7-ish To celebrate our 1st Anniversary, the first reading event […]
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